§ 39. Mr. Orbachasked the Minister for the Civil Service whether he will take steps to see that copies of governmental and parliamentary reports are available on the day of issue at Her Majesty's Stationery Office in Manchester.
§ Mr. Charles R. MorrisNon-Parliamentary papers are normally available at all Her Majesty's Stationery Office bookshops on publication day. With regard to parliamentary papers, the first duty of Her Majesty's Stationery Office is to supply Parliament, with general distribution following as soon as possible after that. Simultaneous distribution throughout the country could delay the supply of such papers to Parliament, but this is arranged by Her Majesty's Stationery Office where the responsible Minister considers that it would be in the public interest to do so.